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I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY Whitney Houston Biopic to be helmed by Black, Female Director Stella Meghie
Filmmaker Stella Meghie (Jean of the Joneses, Everything, Everything , The Weekend, The Photograph ) is shaking up Hollywood. Now, a newly minted Academy member with four films under her belt, this writer-director is taking on an ambitious new project: Whitney Houston’s life story! “It’s so strange to think that the teen girl with ‘I’m Every Woman’ playing over and over in her head, running down the hallway, now gets to direct the movie about Whitney’s life. That is very surreal.” The film, titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody, (screenwriter Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) has not yet been cast, but shooting is slated to begin next spring. Sony Pictures picked…
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‘Captain Marvel 2’: ‘Candyman’s Nia DaCosta To Direct Sequel
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor MovieNews As a big MCU fan this is very exciting to me to see a part of the franchise helmed by a female black director 👏🏽 Whoo hoo! However, the only issue I have is that I really hated Nia DaCosta‘s LITTLE WOODS, it’s depressing in a way that’s just bleak, one of those movies where you feel depleted at the end. Jordan Peele (screenplay) DaCosta (director) CANDYMAN which won’t be out til the fall, looks too scary for me to watch. So, I’m a little worried about a big change in tone for the next Captain Marvel installment. The first one had some great…
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Philadelphia Film Society “Save Our Screens” Campaign
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor POST UPDATE: 7/21/2020 Thanks to our community, we have successfully reached our SOS Campaign goal of $150,000 with a total of $151,004 raised… Posted by Philadelphia Film Society on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 There’s hardly an industry that hasn’t been affected by the Pandemic, but the film/movie industry has been truly hard hit across the board, and close to home. I’m glad to see The Philadelphia Film Society (PFS) COVID-19 Fundraiser taking off, as it would be devastating to our city if when life returns to normal they were no longer around. (Worried about the Ritz Landmark Theaters in Philly too). For those that don’t know,…
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SHARED STORIES | A Four-Part Virtual Film Series, Presented by GPJFF Mon. July 13 – Aug 3
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival has been on a little hiatus these past few months but they are very excited to announce a new 4-film virtual film series that will begin July 13 – August 3, every Monday night at 7 PM EST. The program’s title, SHARED STORIES: THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA, pretty much sums it up. They will be showing two new films + two older films that relate to this theme. Today, we live in a rare moment – a moment where transformation is possible and we, as a people, are capable of changing history! We can all agree that the last few…
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Philadelphia Latino Film Festival 2020 #PHLAFF2020
You don’t think about transsexualism being something that a small town in Panama would be encountering. But obviously, people needing to live their truth in the form of the sex they were not assigned at birth happens anywhere and everywhere. The complexities of the story play out so that you can sympathize with every member of the family, the wife Carol (Gaby Gnazzo) feels betrayed because she feels she’s been a good sport about him needing to play “dress up” now and again, making it a fun “girls night” out for dinner and a movie, but thought they agreed it was never something their three sons, friends, neighbors, co-workers etc…
